"Three-Pointers" - January 7, 2022 (MMXXII)

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"Three-Pointers" - January 7, 2022 (MMXXII)

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This week's contest is titled "Three-Pointers" by Mike Shenk

The answer to this week's contest is a basketball term.

(right in the wheelhouse for Wendy and others)

Good luck with the grid and the meta.

Three-Pointers - Excel


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On Naboo. Awesome. :D The cantina is eerily empty except for an Aussie drinking G & T and a puppy slurping something from a coconut shell. Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes provide some ambient music while we wait for the crowds to arrive....
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On the beach! G & T me!
Check out "The MOAT MEOW Mashup Pack" here. US$10 for 14 metas that don't always abide by the "rules" of the game: asymmetry, 2-letter words, uncrossed letters, who knows. And this time there's a mega-meta! :shock:
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🏝🧉
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Wow, nice puzzle, nice meta. On the beach and thrilled to be on page 1. Meanwhile, snowed in in Louisville.
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Ashore - long live the mailman
Senor Guaca Mole :mrgreen:
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Ashore 😎 🏖🍹
-Tamara
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Done.
Front page?
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Who is buying the next round?
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Solved
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Solved! I like it...
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Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Thu Jan 06, 2022 4:03 pm This week's contest is titled " Three-Pointers " by Mike Shenk

The answer to this week's contest is a basketball term.


Three-Pointers - Excel
It's really a basketball team. I guess our Cruise Director wanted to make it even tougher for the hoops-hopeless.
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Flying_Burrito wrote: ↑Thu Jan 06, 2022 5:24 pm Ashore - long live the mailman
Do you mean the one that doesn't deliver on Sunday?
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Bird Lives wrote: ↑Thu Jan 06, 2022 6:07 pm
Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Thu Jan 06, 2022 4:03 pm This week's contest is titled " Three-Pointers " by Mike Shenk

The answer to this week's contest is a basketball term.


Three-Pointers - Excel
It's really a basketball team. I guess our Cruise Director wanted to make it even tougher for the hoops-hopeless.
Hm, the PDF says term. And I can't seem to pull up the contest question on the web version.
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sharkicicles wrote: ↑Thu Jan 06, 2022 6:21 pm
Bird Lives wrote: ↑Thu Jan 06, 2022 6:07 pm
Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Thu Jan 06, 2022 4:03 pm This week's contest is titled " Three-Pointers " by Mike Shenk

The answer to this week's contest is a basketball term.


Three-Pointers - Excel
It's really a basketball team. I guess our Cruise Director wanted to make it even tougher for the hoops-hopeless.
Hm, the PDF says term. And I can't seem to pull up the contest question on the web version.
Web says term.
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🏖 🏀
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Don’t see any way out of Isaac’s comfy confines. Maybe tomorrow…
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Methinks I’m onshore. Diet tonic water and lime juice please!
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Guinness me!
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Way to try to jinx me, Cruise Director! But I'm on shore even with a late start (preparing for the impending snow!).
EDIT: My raccoon friend has returned to the backyard and is up to his usual hijinks.
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